On Thursday, 10 April 2025, the Saeima approved Ms Maija Āboliņa and Ms Ilze Bādere as Council Members of the State Audit Office of Latvia for a second term. Following the State Audit Office Law, Council Members of the State Audit Office of Latvia are approved by the Saeima for a four-year term, with the possibility of re-election for a second term, upon the recommendation of the Auditor General.
M. Āboliņa assumed the position of a Council Member of the State Audit Office of Latvia on 7 May 2021. She heads the Third Audit Department, which performs all types of audits in the welfare and healthcare sectors and also in the education and science sectors since 2024.
Ms Maija Āboliņa stated, “It is important to me that people are proud of living in Latvia and that they associate their future with Latvia. The constitutional mandate of the State Audit Office of Latvia is my opportunity to make my professional contribution to making this happen. In four years, together with my team, I have managed to demonstrate shortcomings in areas that affect people most directly clearly such as children’s rights, oncology and reimbursed medicines, and social services. However, public sector auditing has practical significance only when recommendations are implemented and people feel the changes. In this regard, we are still far from the desired situation, so my second term of office will be an opportunity for me to continue this work.”
Ms Bādere took up the position of a Council Member of the State Audit Office of Latvia on 20 May 2021. She heads the Audit and Methodology Department, which develops audit methodology, coordinates its implementation in the State Audit Office of Latvia, provides support to audit staff in applying the methodology, and provides training for auditors.
Ms Ilze Bādere stated, “The audits we conduct differ in both their purpose and the approach to how they are conducted. For the State Audit Office of Latvia to devote the most significant resources to performance audits in the future, my team and I worked on the most extensive reform in the State Audit Office in the last 20 years during my first term of office, that is, optimisation of financial audit resources and the specialisation of auditors. My second term of office will be dedicated to the implementation and further development of this reform. Although we will conduct financial audits with significantly fewer resources, we will look at how to add additional value to them. Horizontal analysis of various expenditure items and assessment of actions with public resources are just a couple of examples of how the results of financial audits can become more helpful to decision-makers.”
More information about the contributions of Ms Āboliņa and Ms Bādere to the work of the State Audit Office of Latvia so far and the composition of the State Audit Office Council can be found on the State Audit Office website www.lrvk.gov.lv.
About the State Audit Office of Latvia
The State Audit Office of the Republic of Latvia is an independent, collegial supreme audit institution. The purpose of its activity is to find out whether the actions with the financial means and property of a public entity are legal, correct, useful and in line with public interests, as well as to provide recommendations for the elimination of discovered irregularities. The State Audit Office conducts audits in accordance with International Standards of Supreme Audit Institutions of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions INTOSAI (ISSAI), whose recognition in Latvia is determined by the Auditor General. Upon discovering deficiencies, the State Audit Office of Latvia provides recommendations for their elimination, but it informs law enforcement authorities about potential infringements of the law.
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